Chesterfield leads in keeping citizens in the dark...

According to today's RTD, Chesterfield County government is not transparent according to a recent reviews by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy ...

With a score of 15, Chesterfield was 105th on the list.

Out of 134 localities in Virginia, Chesterfield still believes that "we know best" and you should "let us spend $4,000 per person on your behalf".

Here is the message from The Taxpayer... CHESTERFIELD!! Put your budgets and expeditures online. YOU WORK FOR US.

The Director of Public Affairs decided to take issue with the title of the report.

Don Kappel, Chesterfield's director of public affairs, said the report's name -- "Government Transparency in Virginia" -- is slightly misleading.

The Taxpayer would encourage the Director to put the county's checkbook online and recommends that if he decides to spin try this...
"But on the bright side, Chesterfield is tops on the Government Opaqueness scale recently ranked by the Karl Marx Institute for Public Policy.  With a score of 85, Chesterfield ranked 29th."